The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1, sentence 54

The accomplices willingly accepted this invitation; and after Simon had made all his purchases, he tied them on to the goat’s back, and said to it, in the presence of the three cheats, ‘Go home now, and tell Nina to roast the veal, and boil the chickens, and tell her to prepare a savoury with herbs, and to bake the best tart she can make.

Who acts: accomplices, Simon, Nina · What happens: accept, make, tie on, say, go, tell · To what, where: invitation, purchases, presence, Nina, veal, chickens · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Biter Bit, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (accomplices, Simon, Nina), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accomplices	det
2	accomplices	accomplice	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accepted	nsubj
3	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	4 accepted	advmod
4	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 invitation	det
6	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accepted	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 made	cc
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 Simon	case
10	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 accepted	conj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 purchases	det:predet
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 purchases	nmod:poss
15	purchases	purchase	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 made	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tied	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 tied	nsubj
18	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 accepted	conj
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 tied	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 tied	compound:prt
21	to	to	SCONJ	_	24 ’s	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 goat	det
23	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 ’s	nsubj
24	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 tied	advcl
25	back	back	ADV	_	24 ’s	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 said	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 said	cc
28	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 accepted	conj
29	to	to	ADP	_	30 it	case
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 said	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 presence	punct
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 presence	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 presence	det
34	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 said	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	38 cheats	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 cheats	det
37	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 cheats	nummod
38	cheats	cheat	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 presence	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Go	punct
40	‘	'	PUNCT	_	41 Go	punct
41	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	28 said	ccomp
42	home	home	ADV	_	41 Go	advmod
43	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 Go	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 tell	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 tell	cc
46	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 Go	parataxis
47	Nina	Nina	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 tell	obj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 roast	mark
49	roast	roast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 tell	xcomp
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 veal	det
51	veal	veal	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 roast	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 boil	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 boil	cc
54	boil	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 tell	conj
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 chickens	det
56	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 boil	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 tell	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 tell	cc
59	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 boil	conj
60	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 tell	iobj
61	to	to	PART	_	62 prepare	mark
62	prepare	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 tell	xcomp
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 savoury	det
64	savoury	savoury	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 prepare	obj
65	with	with	ADP	_	66 herbs	case
66	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 prepare	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 bake	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 bake	cc
69	to	to	PART	_	70 bake	mark
70	bake	bake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 tell	conj
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 tart	det
72	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	73 tart	amod
73	tart	tart	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 bake	obj
74	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 make	nsubj
75	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	76 make	aux
76	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	73 tart	acl:relcl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 accepted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	the accomplices	this invitation				willingly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme
2	make	past · perfect	the accomplices not said here	Simon's purchases			after Simon		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset purchase=Product
3	tie on	past	Simon	purchases = purchase					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	say speech: assert	past	the accomplices not said here		invitation	the presence of the three cheats			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to it=Experiencer clause=Topic
5	go	infinitive					now	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	tell speech: assert	infinitive			Nina				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent nina=Recipient clause=Topic
7	roast not said to happen	to-infinitive		the veal					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent veal=Patient
8	boil	infinitive		the chickens					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chicken=Patient
9	tell speech: assert	infinitive			Nina				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
10	prepare not said to happen	to-infinitive		a savoury				with herbs	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent savoury=Patient with herb=Instrument
11	bake	to-infinitive		the best tart					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tart=Product
12	make	can	Nina	the best tart not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tart=Product
13	purchase		Simon						nom purchase «act transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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